A rookie candidate who turned to insect breeding after struggling to find work in his hometown is now the youngest mayor in ...

Just a few moments of trampling can wipe out years of growth.

The prototype, launched from JAXA’s test site in Noshiro, Akita Prefecture, reached a height of about 10 meters, and then ...

Apple farmer Satomi Ito, 66, holds his hunting rifle as he poses for a photograph in the woods next to a site where his neighbour was mauled by a wild bear last year, in Kitaakita, Akita prefecture, ...

With Japanese sandfish known as hatahata experiencing poor catches due to rising sea temperatures, fishery industry members in Akita Prefecture are urging a fishing ban. Hatahata has long been a key ...

YUZAWA, Japan--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Yuzawa Royal Hotel and AKITA Geo Tour Co., Ltd. have begun accepting reservations for their two days-one night tour package of Akita, in the Snow Country (January to ...

You're currently following this author! Want to unfollow? Unsubscribe via the link in your email. Officials in Japan said they'll pay hunters for every bear they capture, in response to a surge in ...

The successful lift-off and landing test marks a step forward in the cost-cutting technology dominated by SpaceX.

AKITA, Japan (Reuters) - On a recent weekday morning, a group of men in their 70s and 80s gathered for baseball practice just down the road from a junior high school where students were arriving to ...

AKITA, Japan (Reuters) - On a recent weekday morning, a group of men in their 70s and 80s gathered for baseball practice just down the road from a junior high school where students were arriving to ...